Doug Atchison

Doug Atchison is an American motion picture director and screenwriter He received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowship for Akeelah and the Bee in 2000 After winning the Nicholl Fellowship former ICM superagent Lou Pitt guided Dougs screenplay into production in partnership with Lions Gate Entertainment 2929 Entertainment and Starbucks Productions Akeelah and the Bee went on to become a critical and modest commercial success which launched Atchisons career In 2006 Atchison entered into a threepicture deal with The Weinstein Company Atchison graduated from the University of Southern Californias School of CinemaTelevision Description above from the Wikipedia article Doug Atchison licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia